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Subject:securing information From:iQuetal <cbon -at- planet -dot- nl> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:04:26 +0100
>> Occasionally data in publications should be reliable, e.g. tariffs,
>> timetable data, etc.
>>
>> How should you secure these data and show to users these data are
>> totally reliable?
>>
>> By implementing an ISO 9000 system? What are your experiences with
it?
>> What are the pitfalls to take into account? Are there other (and more
>> clever) measures to secure this provable?
>>
>> Additional question: how would you perform source control, especially
>> on 3rd world sources?
> Only occasionally?
Understatement. :-) Shure, any writer should sell a reliable
impression to his readers, even the Toronto Sun editor.
But in my case tariffs and other critical data should be 100% right. I
want to know how to assure this to others. I can check and
countercheck, however, out of sight of clients. A way to assure this is
by implementing an ISO 9000 system. But did others do this in the
editors field? And what were the benefits? And the critical processes?
Are there better solutions or systems to convince people they will get
100% realiable information and - also important - prevent liability?
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